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Incredibly Lame Pun is a redirect and not a trope by itself.


* IncrediblyLamePun: The [=BlurB!=], regarding Handy's first injury:
-->talk about a glass jaw! HAHAHAHA


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* {{Pun}}: The [=BlurB!=], regarding Handy's first injury:
-->talk about a glass jaw! HAHAHAHA
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* OffModel:
** Handy has a much smaller tail in this episode.
** One of Handy's eyes is missing when he is falling.
** The cuts on his mouth are never consistent in placement and appearance. See AmbidextrousSprite above.

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Delayed Reaction is about a character reacting to something that happens or that someone says, not someone failing a spot check, especially since he doesn't even look in the direction of the shard; Those things happen in too quick succession to really be considered Running Gags, and series-wide running gags go on the main page


Handy is trying to change his light bulb despite having no hands. Frustrated at the fact, he tries to grab it with his teeth, but he ends up kicking off his ladder in the process of unscrewing the light bulb, sending his box of spare light bulbs crashing down to the floor. The beaver is still holding on to the light bulb until it cracks, causing its shards to cut his mouth and sending him back down to the floor where his backside lands right at the shards of broken light bulbs. Thankfully, the first-aid kit is close by, but unfortunately, his first step impales his foot right on a glass shard, causing him to hop backwards in pain until he bumps into a table. The fishbowl on it gets launched and falls onto Handy's head, adding another problem. He begins to desperately try to remove it, breaking his cupboard in the process. He bumps into a wall, and with that he finally has an idea of breaking the fishbowl by headbutting the wall several times. Despite various objects falling onto his head and shattering them, the fishbowl remains intact. That was until Handy fully suffocates and a feather gently lands on the fishbowl, comically shattering it. His pet fish remains fine, though, now swimming in a pool of blood in his mouth.

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Handy is trying to change his light bulb despite having no hands. Frustrated at the fact, he tries to grab it with his teeth, but he ends up kicking off away his ladder in the process of unscrewing the light bulb, sending his box of spare light bulbs crashing down to the floor. The beaver is still holding on to the light bulb until it cracks, causing its shards to cut his mouth and sending him back down to the floor where his backside lands right at on the shards of broken light bulbs. Thankfully, the first-aid kit is close by, but unfortunately, his first step impales his foot right on a glass shard, causing him to hop backwards in pain until he bumps into a table. The fishbowl on it gets launched into the air and falls onto Handy's head, adding another problem. He begins to desperately try to remove it, breaking his cupboard in the process. He bumps into a wall, and with that he finally has an gets the idea of breaking the fishbowl by headbutting the wall several times. Despite various objects falling onto his head and shattering them, shattering, the fishbowl remains intact. That was is, until Handy fully finally suffocates and a feather gently lands on the fishbowl, comically shattering it. His pet fish remains fine, though, now swimming in a pool of blood in his mouth.



* AnvilOnHead: Alluded to in the [=BlurB!=] as various objects on a shelf fall on Handy as he bangs his head against the wall under it.
-->Luckily Handy had moved his Anvil and Safe collection from that shelf the day before.



* DelayedReaction: Handy must have a ''really'' slow foot reaction if he ends up impaling his foot on a glass shard so easily.



-->Never noticed the glove on the ladder
-->The glove is funny because it's a Handy episode.
-->For the [[TakeThatAudience humour impaired]]: Let me point out, he has no hands!

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-->Never noticed the glove on the ladder
-->The
ladder\\
The
glove is funny because it's a Handy episode.
-->For
episode.\\
For
the [[TakeThatAudience humour humor impaired]]: Let me point out, he has no hands!



* TheLastStraw: Handy desperately smashes the fish bowl he has stuck on his head against a wall in order to break it, with various items falling off the shelf above him and smashing into it as well. Unfortunately, he fails and drowns from the water inside it. Cue a single feather falling on the fishbowl, breaking it.



-->How many beavers does it take to change a lightbulb?\\
One... as long as he has hands! HAHAHAHAHAA!



* PlummetPerspective: As Handy is holding onto the lightbulb with his teeth, there's a top-down shot of his box of lightbulbs falling to the floor and shattering.



* RecycledSoundtrack: The jingle at the end of the episode is reused from "Snow What? That's What!".
* RunningGag: Broken glass shards, and the fact that the fishbowl is way tougher than the other glass items. At least, until a random feather lands on it.
** For the usual Handy RunningGag, he shows his frustrated face after failing to reach the light bulb with his hands.

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* RecycledSoundtrack: The jingle at the end of the episode is reused from "Snow "[[Recap/HTFSnowWhatThatsWhat Snow What? That's What!".
* RunningGag: Broken glass shards, and the fact that the fishbowl is way tougher than the other glass items. At least, until a random feather lands on it.
** For the usual Handy RunningGag, he shows his frustrated face after failing to reach the light bulb with his hands.
What!]]".



* TheToothHurts: Some of the light bulb shards end up stuck in his teeth.

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* TheToothHurts: Some of the light bulb shards end up stuck in his Handy's teeth.



* UnexplainedRecovery: Probably because the animators forgot, Handy's injured foot becomes fine again once he starts stumbling around after getting the fishbowl stuck in his head.
* UpdatedRerelease: One of the early episodes to be part of "Classics Remastered" releases, which rereleases early HTF episodes in HD.

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* UnexplainedRecovery: Probably because the animators forgot, Handy's injured foot becomes fine again once he starts stumbling around after getting the fishbowl stuck in on his head.
* UpdatedRerelease: One of the early episodes to be part of the "Classics Remastered" releases, which rereleases rerelease early HTF ''HTF'' episodes in HD.



* [[invoked]]WhatCouldHaveBeen: PlayedForLaughs. According to the [=BlurB!=], Handy's pet fish was supposed to have lines, but it was cut because his accent is too thick. That apparently also includes his own take on the LightbulbJoke, which is not only ruined by his accent, but also his [[CannotTellAJoke poor timing]].

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* [[invoked]]WhatCouldHaveBeen: PlayedForLaughs. According to the [=BlurB!=], Handy's pet fish was supposed to have lines, but it was they were cut because his accent is was too thick. That apparently also includes his own take on the LightbulbJoke, which is was not only ruined by his accent, but also his [[CannotTellAJoke poor timing]].
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* HurtFootHop: Handy ends up hopping backwards after impaling his foot on a glass shard.
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* TraumaCongaLine: Handy suffers from horrific glass-related injuries for most of the episode. Made worse by the fishbowl stuck on his head.

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* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Handy dies.

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--> ''"The glass is always half full!"''

Airdate: May 4, 2003

"Shard at Work" is the fourteenth episode of the second (internet) season of ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends''.

Handy is trying to change his light bulb despite having no hands. Frustrated at the fact, he tries to grab it with his teeth, but he ends up kicking off his ladder in the process of unscrewing the light bulb, sending his box of spare light bulbs crashing down to the floor. The beaver is still holding on to the light bulb until it cracks, causing its shards to cut his mouth and sending him back down to the floor where his backside lands right at the shards of broken light bulbs. Thankfully, the first-aid kit is close by, but unfortunately, his first step impales his foot right on a glass shard, causing him to hop backwards in pain until he bumps into a table. The fishbowl on it gets launched and falls onto Handy's head, adding another problem. He begins to desperately try to remove it, breaking his cupboard in the process. He bumps into a wall, and with that he finally has an idea of breaking the fishbowl by headbutting the wall several times. Despite various objects falling onto his head and shattering them, the fishbowl remains intact. That was until Handy fully suffocates and a feather gently lands on the fishbowl, comically shattering it. His pet fish remains fine, though, now swimming in a pool of blood in his mouth.

!!"Shard at Work" contains examples of:
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: "Fun Fish Fact" from the [=BlurB!=].
* AgonyOfTheFeet: At one point, Handy ends up stepping on a glass shard that points upwards.
* AmbidextrousSprite: Handy's tool belt and the cuts on his mouth.
* ArtisticLicensePhysics:
** Considering Handy's weight, the light bulb (or socket and part of the ceiling) should have fallen down sooner.
** No water from the fishbowl gets spilled/leaked out even when it gets launched upside-down.
* BloodFromTheMouth: After getting cuts from the light bulb shards.
* BloodIsSquickerInWater: Handy's fishbowl water turns red soon after it gets stuck on his head thanks to his mouth injury.
* CaptionHumor: One of the episodes with a [=BlurB!=] version.
* DelayedReaction: Handy must have a ''really'' slow foot reaction if he ends up impaling his foot on a glass shard so easily.
* DontExplainTheJoke: Courtesy of the [=BlurB!=].
-->Never noticed the glove on the ladder
-->The glove is funny because it's a Handy episode.
-->For the [[TakeThatAudience humour impaired]]: Let me point out, he has no hands!
* HopeSpot: The first-aid kit. In the process of reaching it, Handy ends up stepping on a glass shard that makes his situation worse. Not that he can actually use the first-aid kit anyway... well, unless it happens BehindTheBlack.
* IncrediblyLamePun: The [=BlurB!=], regarding Handy's first injury:
-->talk about a glass jaw! HAHAHAHA
* {{Irony}}: A glove can be seen on the ladder, despite... [[AnArmAndALeg you know]]. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by the [=BlurB!=].
* LightbulbJoke: One of the [=BlurB!=] captions.
* NowThatsUsingYourTeeth: Handy attempts this. It works for a bit until the light bulb breaks.
* OffModel:
** Handy has a much smaller tail in this episode.
** One of Handy's eyes is missing when he is falling.
** The cuts on his mouth are never consistent in placement and appearance. See AmbidextrousSprite above.
* PunBasedTitle: "Hard at work"
* RecycledSoundtrack: The jingle at the end of the episode is reused from "Snow What? That's What!".
* RunningGag: Broken glass shards, and the fact that the fishbowl is way tougher than the other glass items. At least, until a random feather lands on it.
** For the usual Handy RunningGag, he shows his frustrated face after failing to reach the light bulb with his hands.
* SincerityMode: One of the [=BlurB!=] captions explains that Warren Graff (Handy's voice actor) nearly destroyed the sound recording equipment when he was recording for the "headbutting Handy" scene.
* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Handy dies.dies.
* TheToothHurts: Some of the light bulb shards end up stuck in his teeth.
* UnexplainedRecovery: Probably because the animators forgot, Handy's injured foot becomes fine again once he starts stumbling around after getting the fishbowl stuck in his head.
* UpdatedRerelease: One of the early episodes to be part of "Classics Remastered" releases, which rereleases early HTF episodes in HD.
* UseYourHead: Handy tries to break the fishbowl on his head by repeatedly slamming his head into the wall. It does not work.
* [[invoked]]WhatCouldHaveBeen: PlayedForLaughs. According to the [=BlurB!=], Handy's pet fish was supposed to have lines, but it was cut because his accent is too thick. That apparently also includes his own take on the LightbulbJoke, which is not only ruined by his accent, but also his [[CannotTellAJoke poor timing]].
* YourSizeMayVary: The fishbowl appears to be too small to fit on Handy's head. It ends up being drawn bigger just so it fits.
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* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Handy dies.

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